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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Weekly Menu #14 ~ Eating Up Those Greens

When I open that massive produce box and find an overflowing amount of spinach in it for the sixth week in a row, I'll be honest with ya. I whimper a little. Not that spinach is hard for me to eat. I'll throw it in whatever I'm eating: eggs, soups, stir fries... It's just one of those foods that presents conflict at the table with the littles and it's draining, you know? Sometimes it's hard to Keep Calm and Carry On instead of exasperatingly resorting to becoming Nazi Spinach-Pushing Mother. Eat it or STARVE! Okay. It doesn't get that bad. For the most part. I never knew a produce box would yield such an opportunity for personal growth. So, as I look to see what's going to be in this week's produce box and see Popeye's favorite food listed (again), I take a deep breath and start strategizing. In it's defense, spinach is one of the few local, in-season foods right now (and I should be happy I even have some local, in-season produce this time of year), so here's me learning to actually embrace an in-season diet. Presenting this week's scheme:

9 comments:

do your kids go for sneaking spinach into salads and smoothies? that is probably the main way i do spinach, except for a crustless quiche we do about every other week that i load with spinach and whatever leftover stuff we have in the fridge. my kids always love spinach in quiche. just another idea. :)

That cinnamon vanilla baked oatmeal sounds delicious. I went and bookmarked the recipe - do you think in place of the acidic medium I could just use my sourdough starter? It seems like that would take care of the flour and acid in one go. But I haven't made oatmeal in a long time because I'm nervous about the soaking part (making it taste funky...) ... but that recipe looks delicious enough to get over my fear!

this sounds like a brilliant line-up! I never have trouble eating more greens though, because I love my vegetables (: I think eating your greens shouldn't be considered a chore. food that tastes good, prepared from scratch with love, is going to definitely be good for our bodies, no need to "impose" them at all!